Rail chair and brace.



UNITED sm rssra rnnr OFFICE.

EDWARD JANDREAU, or CHERRY VALLEYHNEW YORK.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J ANDREAU, a citizen of the United States, and,a resident of Cherry Valley, in the countv of ()tsego and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Rail Chair and Brace, of which the following is a full, clear. and exact description. I

This invention relates to rail chairs and braces for railway and like tracks, and relates more particularly to a device of this class con'iprismg a chair plate adapted to carry the rail and having means for holding the rail, and a brace member mounted upon the chair and engaging the rail to hold it against lateral movement, the plate and the brace'having an opening adapted to recclve a common spike.

The object of the invention is to providea simple, inexpensive and durable rail chair and brace, by means of which railroad rails can be securely held in place upon the cross ties, and which serve to brace the rails against lateral movement at curves and other points of the track where such bracing is necessary.

Theinvention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter" and ing drawings forming a partflof this specifioation, in' which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of an em; bodiment of my invention holding a rail, the latter being in cross section; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device showing a part of a rail thereon; and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the line 3- 3 ofFig. 2.

Before proceeding to a more detailedexplanation of my invention, it should be clearly understood that the same can be fashioned from any suitable material, but I preferably employv for this purpose, cast metal. Ordinary rail spikes can be used in connection therewith as will appear more clearly hereinafter.

The device is reversible, that is, it can be used to brace either side of the rail, and at the same time serves to mount the rail securely upon the tie. It tends to prevent. the wearing away of the tie owing to the binding of the rail, as it is ditiicult for the rail to work loose.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed Apri124, 1909. S'e'r i a1No, )1 ,8 77

ings, I provide a chair or base plate of elongated form and of sufficient width to provide a lirm support forthe rail, which extends transversely of the length of the plate. At one end, the plate has preferably integral holders 11 consisting of upwardly and rearwardly disposed claws adapted to receive underneath them one edge of the rail base. 19. as is shown most clearly in Fig. l. to hold the rail upon the chair. Between the holders 11, the plate has an extension Patented Aug. 10, 1909*."

Referring more particularly to the ,draw:

12 provided with an opening 13 therethrough adapted to receive a rail spike 14 which-is driveninto the tie 15 tohold both the rail and the plate in position.

Mounted upon the plate, at the side of the rail remote from the holders 11, is the bracing member 16 which has substantially the form of a wedge, and which at the broad end has a cut-away part 17 so that it can fit snugly upon the rail base 19. The broad end 18 of the brace 16 is so formed that it can fit evenly against the rail web 20, between the rail base 19 and the rail head 21, as is shown mostclearly in Fig. 3.

The chair plate and the brace have respectively, openings 2'2 and 23 therethirou l). which are arranged to register when to brace is in position, and to receive a rail spike 24.

The latter is driven into the tie 15 and serves to hold the plate and the brace in position and to secure the brace upon the plate.

Preferably. additional rail spikes 25 are driven into the tie at the opposite longitudinal edges of the chairplate and against the rail base 19 atthe side of the rail near the brace 16. These additional spikes assist' in preventing the displacementof the chair in the direction of the length of the rail, and also serve to hold the rail with respectto the tie.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent A rail chair and brace, comprising a cast metal base plate having an openingadjacent to one end and provided at its other end with upwardly and rearwardly extending claws adapted to receive and fit snugly upon the base flange of the rail and between the claws with an extension having an opening in alincment with the claws and dapted to receive a spike to hold the rai and base plate in position, and a brace of even width throughout and arranged centrally upon the In testimony whereof I have signed my base plate, said braceihaving one end conname to this specification in the presence 4 structed to fit upon-t}? base flange of the of two subscribing witnesses. rail and against the we of the rail and pro- T 7 Q vided with an 0 ening registering with the E DRLAU opening of the ase plate and adapted to Witnesses:

receive a spike to secure the base and brace J OHN SAwYnn,

to the tie. I SETH Pmnsoy. 

